Ajax Through the Looking Glass
Aptana’s release of Jaxer revives a beautiful opportunity to use the same language on the server as in the browser when developing AJAX applications. With Jaxer server-side programming can be conducted in HTML/DOM, CSS and Javascript. This is welcome news for anyone who’s struggled with writing code that writes code that writes content while escaping escaped strings. Working in a single language is appealing as is the prospect of producing a small, complete application in a single file.
Jaxer Architecture Overview | Aptana via kwout
There is still plenty of room for those who like layers in their frameworks. Jaxter files themselves can be dynamic pages generated on the fly by PHP, Ruby, Java etc.
Jaxer Architecture Overview | Aptana via kwout
Aptana’s distribution of the technology was given a kick start through the inclusion of a Jaxer server and development environment in the latest RadRails update. The constant presence of the Jaxer button in my Eclipse IDE is a strong reminder that I have something new to experiment with.
Though I have to admit to a little nostalgia for Netscape’s LiveWire.
Server-side JavaScript – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia via kwout
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